Box-fastener.



PATENTED JULY 12, 1904.

W. S. HEDDLES.

BOX PASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

I/IIIII/IIX 1/ UNrTEn STATES Patented July 12, 1904.

IVILLARD S. HEDDLES, OF EDGERTON, WVISCONSIN.

BOX-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,722, dated July 12,1904.

Application filed March 26, 1903. Serial No. 149,738. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, IVILLARD S. I-lnDDLns, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Edgerton, in the county of Rock and State ofisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBox-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in box-fastenings.

The object of my invention is to provide a detachable fastening whichmay be used a number of times and, in fact, one that will last as longas the box.

Another feature lies in forming the fasteners of spring metal that theymay be readily disengaged from the box.

Still another object resides in so bracing and fastening the lid that itwill be held against displacement in any direction.

Finally, the invention consists in the novel details of construction andoperation, a preferable embodiment of which is described in thespecification and illustrated in the draw ings, wherein Figure 1 is aperspective view of the upper portion of a box, showing my fasteningapplied. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken through one of thefasteners to the adjacent portions of the box. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof a portion of one end of the box. Fig. & is a partial longitudinalsectional view taken on the line a: of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a partialbottom plan view of the lid.

1n the drawings the numeral 1 designates the lid of the box 2, which isprovided with corner-posts 3. Strips 4 are provided on the under surfaceof the lid near its ends and formed with notches 5, adapted to engagewith the corner-posts 3. These strips 4 act as guides to facilitate theready placing of the lid on the box and constitute braces for holdingthe lid after it has been so placed.

To fasten the lid upon the box, I provide a plurality of metallicfasteners, preferably formed of spring-steel and secured to the lid inany suitable manner. I have shown for securing the sides of the lidfasteners 6, formed with tongues 7, which engage incisions or recesses 7in the walls of the box and hold the lid against lateral displacement.

The fasteners 8 for the ends of the box are of a slightly-modified form,although they embody the same generic construction employed in the sidefasteners 6. Tongues 9 are formed on the fasteners 8 by bending thelatter at right angles, as at 10, so that the tongues will lieapproximately parallel to the fasteners in the recesses or incisions 11,made in the end walls 12 of the box. It will be observed that thefasteners 8 are held firmly down by the engagement of the angularportions 10 with the end wall 12. As an additional means for holding thetongues 9 in the recesses 11 they are provided with slots 13, Which areadapted to have passed therethrough turnbuttons 14:, screwed into thecorner-posts 3. These turn-buttons let may be of any suitable style andare secured in the corner-posts preferably by screw-threaded shanks 15and are adapted to be turned across the slots 13 to lock the tongues inthe recesses.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the lid is fastened on bothsides of the cornerposts 3. and by observing Fig. 4 it will be seen thatone of the strips 4 on one side and one of the fasteners 8 0n the otherside are shown as embracing the corner-post 3.

Taking the box as shown in Fig. 1, where the lid is shown as fastenedthereto, the operation of unfastening the same will be readilyunderstood. The end fasteners 8 are first disengaged by turning thebuttons 14 and causing them to register with the slots 13, when thefasteners, owing to their resilient nature, will spring out of therecesses 11, as indicated in Fig. 4C. The side fasteners 6 are nextdisengaged from the incisions or recesses 7 by pressing the side wallsof the box inward or by prying the fasteners out of the recesses. Thelatter procedure will hardly ever be necessary, as the side walls of abox will almost always yield to pressure. After the end and sidefastenings have been detached the lid may be lifted from the box.

It will be obvious that I have provided a simple, strong, and efficientfastening and one that will be comparatively inexpensive to manufactureand whose parts will not be liable to get out of working order; but IWish it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact details ofconstruction and operation herein set forth, as I may make variouschanges in the same without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the box and the lid thereof, said box having itsends provided adjacent its opposite edges with recesses, fastenersformed of spring-steel secured to the lid and being bent downwardly toengage the box ends, the lower ends of said downwardlybent portionsbeing bent inwardly to engage the upper walls of said recesses and thendownwardly, said last-named downwardly-bent portion forming theterminals of the lower portions of said fasteners and being providedwith slots, and buttons secured in said box ends and projecting throughthe slots of said fasteners,

whereby the lower ends thereof are secured entirely within saidrecesses.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLARD S. I-IEDDLES. Witnesses:

E. (J. MASON, SENA THORESON.

